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Comment by Walberry

Head to nifflevar and use the incense and simply run to the crowd of people in front of the king. Incredibly easy and simple and very cool.

Comment by Luciferul

Location: 69,54

Comment by shanice

Ancient Citizen of Nifflevar says: Shhh!King Ymiron yells: Vrykul, your king implores you to listen!King Ymiron yells: The gods have abandoned us!King Ymiron yells: Even now, in our darkest hour, they mock us!King Ymiron yells: Where are the titans in our time of greatest need? Our women birth abberations - disfigured runts unable to even stand on their own! Weak and ugly... Useless...King Ymiron yells: Ymiron has toiled. Long have I sat upon my throne and thought hard of our plight. There is only one answer... one reason...King Ymiron yells: For who but the titans themselves could bestow such a curse? What could have such power?King Ymiron yells: And the answer is nothing... For it is the titans that have cursed us!King Ymiron yells: On this day all Vrykul will shed their old beliefs! We denounce our old gods! All Vrykul will pledge their allegiance to Ymiron! Ymiron will protect our noble race!King Ymiron yells: And now my first decree upon the Vrykul! All malformed infants born of Vrykul mother and father are to be destroyed upon birth! Our blood must remain pure always! Those found in violation of Ymiron's decree will be taken to Gjalerbron for execution!Ancient Citizen of Nifflevar says: Show the abberations no mercy, Ymiron!Ancient Citizen of Nifflevar says: Show the abberations no mercy, Ymiron!Ancient Citizen of Nifflevar says: All hail our glorious king, Ymiron!Ancient Citizen of Nifflevar says: All hail our glorious king, Ymiron!Ancient Citizen of Nifflevar says: All hail our glorious king, Ymiron!

Comment by dtown123

You can save some time getting all the way over here to do this quest by waiting until you choose to complete Meet Lieutenant Icehammer... which will fly you close to Nifflevar automatically.

Comment by Shatteredhelix

I stood around for about five minutes, nothing, just a bunch of angry ancient citizens yelling a lot. Seems this quest could be hit or miss, I'll try it again later.

Comment by Alexii

Didn't work for me when I used the Incense when I was already in the center. Tried using it at the outer edge of town, then running in, and it completed just fine. Hope that helps!

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Comment by FishMan123

Note: You have to stand somewhat close to the king. If you just stand in the crowd, he won't start speaking - move closer. If you then move back to the crowd, you may not get credit for the quest. So stand near the king until you get credit.

Comment by Sinktinkler

"Abberations"? I guess spelling was never the strong suit of King Niffle and his Nifflevarian minions.

Comment by Drakhyss

Im surprised that no-one here has made a link to the human's presence in the eastern kingdoms.

In the this part of the quest the Vykrul leader states that the children "are unable to stand up at birth" - Similar to how human babies cannot do this.

And in the second part of the chain the couple states how the baby is far to small to be of Vykrul birth and how the wife says that she'll take him far, far away.

Thoralius said that the spirits are dated at 15,000 years old. The great sundering happened 10,000 Years ago.

(This is pre-sundering. Northrend would still be attached to Kalimdor . This would be a good explanation for the humans presence in Tirisfal Glades etc)

This makes it entirely possible that the mothers of the Vrykul placed their bizarre children (Humans) in the Eastern Kingdoms and nurtured them until they were self-sufficient and could take care of themselves.

Also, notice how in some of the lore books that Humans were tribes and not city states post-sundering.

Comment by PhoenixRising

Just a quick fyi, make certain you are not swimming to it. Made a stupid mistake and the other notes clarified everything for me, but don't bother going to the caves underneath it.

Comment by deneris

There is also a addition to this from the dwarf quest that takes you down into the catacombs. He says that "Sorting these tablets out is going to take some time. All I can gather from a precursory study is that whatever used to be here was an ancestor of the humans." from the quest http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=11278.

Comment by Aisenfaire

Adding in the crowd emotes:

King Ymiron motions for silence.King Ymiron yells: Vrykul, your king implores you to listen!King Ymiron yells: The gods have abandoned us!The crowd gasps in horror.King Ymiron yells: Even now, in our darkest hour, they mock us!King Ymiron yells: Where are the titans in our time of greatest need? Our women birth abberations - disfigured runts unable to even stand on their own! Weak and ugly... Useless...King Ymiron yells: Ymiron has toiled. Long have I sat upon my throne and thought hard of our plight. There is only one answer... one reason...King Ymiron yells: For who but the titans themselves could bestow such a curse? What could have such power?King Ymiron yells: And the answer is nothing... For it is the titans that have cursed us!The crowd clamours.King Ymiron yells: On this day all Vrykul will shed their old beliefs! We denounce our old gods! All Vrykul will pledge their allegiance to Ymiron! Ymiron will protect our noble race!The crowd cheers.King Ymiron yells: And now my first decree upon the Vrykul! All malformed infants born of Vrykul mother and father are to be destroyed upon birth! Our blood must remain pure always! Those found in violation of Ymiron's decree will be taken to Gjalerbron for execution!Ancient Citizen of Nifflevar says: Show the abberations no mercy, Ymiron!Ancient Citizen of Nifflevar says: Show the abberations no mercy, Ymiron!Ancient Citizen of Nifflevar says: All hail our glorious king, Ymiron!Ancient Citizen of Nifflevar says: All hail our glorious king, Ymiron!

Note that if you wait long enough, the scene will repeat itself.

Comment by Valdan

WoW... I'm surprised no one mentioned that if you go out of the building and turn Right, that the Lich King is standing there not far from the room you are in, by the stairs. (Walk up to him for some fun, though you will die but suffer no dmg durability)

He says the following:Shamanism has brought you here... It's scent permeates the air. *The Lich King laughs* I was once a shaman.Val'kyr Soulclaimer says: Shall we prepare it for you, my lord?The Lich King says: No, minion. This one is not ready.Do you feel it, mortal? Death seeps through me, enveloping all that I touch. With just a snap of my finger your soul will languish in damnation for all eternity.But... It is not yet your time to serve the Lich King. Yes, a greater destiny awaits you. Power... You must become more powerful before you are to serve me.Now watch, Val'Kyr. Observe as I apply pressure. Can you see that it is not yet ripe? Watch as it pops and falls lifeless to the floor.~*~ This is were you die ~*~

THIS ONLY OCCURSafter you use your incense burner. If you only see a guard you didn't use the incense.Rez-ing isnt a problem no walk back. Just jump over the wooden mini fence and walla, your alive again only in current time.

Lich King is standing in 58/51Grave Yard is 59/50

It's just for entertainment while your questing. Enjoy!

Comment by killamage04

King Ymiron yells: And now my first decree upon the Vrykul! All malformed infants born of Vrykul mother and father are to be destroyed upon birth! Our blood must remain pure always! Those found in violation of Ymiron's decree will be taken to Gjalerbron for execution!

Being in grade 10, this last line of the king specially caught my attention because i just finished reading the book "The Chrysalids". In this book, all babies born with any kind of difference like an extra finger or if you are born blind, you are considered a mutant and must be killed or sent away to a place with other people of your kind, the purpose of this is to keep the human race "pure" and have no "abominations", just like the Vrykul are attempting to do here.

*edit*: spelling

Comment by jinxoda

Keeping the Incense Burner through Lieutenant Icehammer's quests as well makes it trivial to slip in and out of Nifflevar for the harpoon line.

Comment by methamp

Sitting here "listening" to this guy run his mouth is really annoying. Bring a few beers along for this quest.

Comment by chaztheweird

Fact A. We know the transformation from Earthen to Dwarf occured through the curse of flesh, a curse brought on by the old gods.

Fact B. Some quests and the existence of Iron Vrykul mentions the Vrykul as being created by the titans, similar to the giants, earthen and mechagnomes. Its not out of this world to assume the Vrykul are the Curse of Flesh victims of some currently unknown progenitor race (I'm calling them Stone Vrykul for simplicity).

The only Iron Vrykul that appear are servants of Loken or the Old Gods. More likely: Humans are decendants of the Vrykul, and the iron vrykul are either Loken/Yogg's own creation to create an army, or possibly the Titan's 'response' to the curse of flesh... a race immune to it.

Comment by Ojc1998

how do you get hte secert

Comment by Umega

Surely if the vrykul had previously existed in Northrend we would have known.

As if all the Vrykul settlements and catacombs all over eastern northrend weren't obvious enough...

Comment by kikiko3

Do NOT stand beside Ymiron becaurse you wont complete the quest!

Comment by ihateblizzdev

Now that is some lore I can get into reading. Thank you.

Comment by pstaton

Yeah you have to stand NEAR THE KING

Comment by Edoralf

This questline is probably one of the more interesting in the game, if only because you figure out where humans descended from.

Comment by IcyFrozen

This is easily the most awesome quest line in Howling Fjord.. even if its sadly only three steps. Why this didn't continue further or why it wasn't picked up in quests elsewhere i will never know. They even reference the next step but never took it.. It would have been interesting to see the early humans being lead by the Vrykul renegades..

Also why was this completely ignored when Archeology was introduced? We could have gotten so many Vrykul objects that would explain/elaborate on the transition or even early-human from the tribal periods pre-Arathor. Seems sad we get toss away items like the Bearded Axe instead..

I'm also curious what it means that Humans were created from the curse effecting the Vrykul, presumably the 'curse of flesh' caused by Yogg-Saron. So basically humans owe their existence to an Old God, not the Titans..

Anguish of Nifflevar

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All that we know of the vrykul indicates that they only recently appeared in Northrend. Why, then, are we seeing vrykul in visions that date back 15,000 years? Surely if the vrykul had previously existed in Northrend we would have known.

You must press on to Nifflevar. To get there you must go northeast, through Wyrmskull Village, and take the path leading up through the dam. Nifflevar is on the bluffs of the fjord.

Use the incense burner once you arrive at Nifflevar and search the area for clues.

Human children born of vrykul? And Ymiron ordered the deaths of all human born offspring?

<Thoralius goes silent for a moment.>

As much as I wish to deny what is so plainly presented to me, I cannot. There is no extinct "missing link" to humans as the Explorers' League proposed. The vrykul are the missing link. They are the progenitors of humanity.